Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-19

Inc nI,ie torn, IA s' me- exaciynr nut n Sny vas
ci T "a a girl takes some things for
1nt bomse f,reliThi and solf,1ie 49, Eitn
no dansar Of tnterrupion for at least half an nonr
~ ~ ,a cd even mnsfc-mad lovsrS rnarht Ia a.
~ to commune through Reethnsnr W ~
| 1o,ss' ,i,n =" A"'en Vi
,oT;,d ba s,s, 90 much peasanter than taiSy;r
"g gsa4rg HE denreeafory caress and sxdtSou,
| heasdng me nrotest If prefaeed she tr1nned nver
nc IN ,a an and dashedfoot on nc V T
S,enovsenne the mer1est WALT IN her r,,eer,o.rs
Iohn speed SET his Shoulders arainst Tx man
tel dg b,S fnnckles into the boffom ~ his ,ccr
Gr uus nIy iped grimiV tbe Snbniae -, ms PC ~
80 So, Gu urrv J5eir ;.ttfYss were four an Si,It
n1acahle Shy always showing herself readv TO re-
p1.o pba anoogy he hastened tn OTTER nS har Arc
ThsS ,niSnndersf anGing mnst die natrroI Gaosn
I'm sdd nn re her That tSe osat ~
co9Sed aIimentary apparatus of her fntnre hu ~
6and nau e. antiana1e parh h os osspasso
aIo 1aS, hi' ii0n ''i'e~ "No LIS eJeoro"s par'i-
| 'Vt no caased to he.r IN. r,.ro, 81.
bonni and glide Of the tunefi meas,,res the sviff
n dot earS a1sinSt HE VIII ha wpo .,oscd or u
M he had seen or imaS,ned he had boSoid suca
Shx SJtnned sway To e1ehange the ,rino oIaad
Sny tr ha S ~ S .ne
| baaury Vet more efTectiveIv Her comniex,on nod
Dever bsen more transnarent her WdIdprose hlonm
ora da1icaIa bnf ha d,raI, tnstaad 80, DiC ~hn
LIT ain ard fe, o,ance " the S.r.u up c Mo
| had remarked features and eYnreSs,on r3th ouch
diSnassonate curiosfty that the theory ne rranfoI
seeneG ptana so vi @
ord.rad closet or tmrhid 6eonS ., TaUn1 vi tn S
| an snnarition "a realistic AZ the hrcks Witch he
arode or fhe frnst birIen hny horiars 10 r T
WIN his Wbn in stridinU hetween t he SsoTK h az
| should an imagination- hitherto hesithv have
cnniurpd nm a nSure mike anv he hod eyer seem
| or hen I'd descr,hsde nd Trtf,e WhaT hoJ thr"yvn
him into a Danic9 he Shook himself Inose onnri,v
frnIn Inc rocoec,,on ioiG alin Saad 49, G ~
herr M snnerstitions ro,ofive fo the rocrlfv 81
( seeing 0boSts attrIhnted RI dumh craatnres The
! dead do not revisit the earth in broad raw dav.
| .sI do think hrore In ShT mortnr al, ho-r,ova
mpnts pisni, stmo thai her niainI mi1ht he articn
Iat s.this IL he drauohfiasf corper IN tho Nance,
Nv ngers are IKE risIeS and can raa ine stres
| of air on the cheek nearest the flreNa sort OF
! chilly h-eafh that MAKES me shivar oil ovsriS
oil eous instrumental fremoo yertfled the Teclara.
ZION "A windy NIGHT ALWAYS gives me the hInesI ~
She averred furthefmore. with q si1h ' 'A' '''0''
| Jobn Spaed 90 nturad rho TOW fnSars err,nooro,
bscc tbs mink ta the xindwsrd cSaes and mt
| this is a Cigr,es,ion.
| Mr. Miller brought home to a late sumner the
! fudge of the court and three LAWYERS one vounC
/ two middle-aged His WIFE Womb have heen ans
| prised mad he appeared with fewer gnests Rnt
the most elastic hospitality even In ante-bellum
| Virginia, encountered barriers In the matter of
! sleeuing places sometines 49, ~ .- ~
II say. my dear fellow. You won't mind camping
! down on the parlor sofa for one night will you?"
said Gervas Jr. drawing his prospective brother
| 1n-law aside as bed time approached You see,
| Judge Bolton has rtckety nervesNmust have 4
room to himself with no clock In it, three pillows
| OF assorted sizes under his head, and brandy and
water within easy reach In case OF nightmare.
Mother looked blank as new slate when she
heard he was here, but told her we would abdi-
cate in his Iayor; that we could sleep like roach
U
put u.s."
| Midnight and the dying fire saw the pair
stretched out on a luxurious superstructure Of
pillows and blankets upbOrne by broad hair-cloth
sofas one on each size OF the hearth They had
been fast friends since their freshman year at
Hampden Sidney. Veteran campaigners at twen-
ty-six, in the straits and make-shfIs of crowded
country houses, they accepted the situation htla-
riously. smoked Il lingering cigar apiece after the
candles were extirgutshed, the red tips winktng
! across the room at one another until sleep and
silence settled upon the rest OF the house. Gervas
and bloodei horses running down droly, the PEN
duium tongue dropping words like lazy second
ticks
mot more glorious pair OF eyeS-thiS-Stde-
the Blue Rdge." he drawled. "FinneyS going
train'er-f the course next-Fal-L Ches'nt-bay-
one white-iOot!"
Inc auditor laughed silently, treasuring up the
encomium for elaboration and repetition at the
breakfast table. Raising himself on his elbow to
see II his comrades cigar were out, and that he
had not set fire to The sheets he aimed the stump
OF his own toward the faint simmer In the CHM
deep breath of satisfaction settled into his downy
nest
The rain was falling with rythmic regularity on
wind. Only mut1ied growl at the eastward gable
and an Intermittent pipe between the window
over the hilltop. These sounds were merging into
ala Cline DIES Perles," which Shy had played for
the admiring Jurtsts during the evening, the per-
cloud with white mists like silk siIiusiOn" wound
about her neck and head, and the porch-eaves for
d Il
awoSe him. He recollected instantly where he
was and why.
''Gervas!" he whispered
"Yes! heard it! H1st!" came back in the same
key.
The rustic Of the bed-cOverings as they sat up
right was audible in the dark room. Someone was
walking on the porch with steps that Jagged and
Quickened Oddly Sometimes they StOpped entire
ly while one might count ten or twenty. The
rhy Jhmattc pauter Of the falling floods aceentu-
ated by contrast the unevenneSS Of the tramp!
tramp, from END to end OF the wet floor Sudden
~ the dragging feet halted the front door locks
ratified. hinges creaked; the footsteps came STUN
bl1ngy TO the threshold OF the drawing-rOom; a
hand rumbled with the knob
The friends heard each the others breath.
sharply held as the door swung back and some
body entered. There was q brief pause: the
thrObbing hearts Of the nSreners themselves un.
seen In the dense darkness as was the Intruder
out beat the rain. pOur without tn their strained
senses, each gathering himself up for n snrin0
so soon aS the tresnaSSer shonId STRIKE a liuhr
Instead OF this he walked heavily bnt Steadily
as IL nerved by deliberate purpose across the floor
TO the corner where stood the piano There-they
were as sure as II they had seen the actionNhe
dropped upon hts knees A long. broken sirh
shud6ered through the gloom an srticnlafed sSh
burCened with a word they did nor catcn hnt
which they believed was a name followed nv
horrtd stckening gurVle-a dull thud-a hollow
human prOan!
The Young men bounded from fbe,r couchoa ond
proped I'm frenZied cIumSiness for matches The
blue light snapped fiZZled GREW red than cIaer
ssThe candlei" pasped GeTyas shaIfn0 40 with
palsy 49, ~
AS the wick canpht they tnrned for tho fret t,rno
In the direction from which the horror had leaned